Latest Headlines
- New ‘Wind Phone’ In Cantonment ‘Connects’ Grieving Families With Deceased Loved Ones
- New Details Emerge In Fatal DUI Crash That Killed 14-Year-Old Cantonment Boy; Driver Released On Bond
- Business Alliance Calls For Escambia County To Deed Part of OLF-8 For Light Industrial Use
- Escambia Tax Collector Marcus Pointe Office Moving To New Location; Driving Test Location Changing
- New 332 Lot Subdivision Planned For Devine Farm Road In Cantonment
- These Are This Week’s Road Construction Slow Down Spots
- Northview High’s Calloway Named Winner In VFW Essay Contest
- Florida Gas Prices Trend Lower After 15 Cent Hike, AAA Says
- Traffic Back To All Four Lanes In $4.7 Million Highway 29 Reconstruction In Century
- Man Charged With DUI Manslaughter After Cantonment Boy Dies
Century Awards Contract For Housing Rehab
June 14, 2012
The Town of Century has been awarded a grant-funded contract to rehabilitate another private home in the town.
The town was awarded a $650,000 Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) last year to rehabilitate or replace homes that are currently occupied by persons of low or moderate income. The town also received $100,000 in Residential Construction Mitigation Program Funds for hurricane retrofits.
The latest project contract was $12,698, awarded to Bill Walther Construction, Inc. The bid includes $5,698 in rehabilitation costs and $7,000 in hurricane retrofits for the home at 301 East Hecker Road
According to the Escambia County Property Appraiser, the house owned by Richard and Eva Carter has a taxable value of $5,525. The 1,264 square foot home was constructed in 1913.
The town has previously awarded about $430,000 in contracts to rehabilitate eight other homes in the town.
Pictured: The residence at 301 East Hecker Road in Century. Courtesy photo for NorthEscambia.com, click to enlarge.
Comments
9 Responses to “Century Awards Contract For Housing Rehab”
No difference in this than the Escambia county comissioners doling out your property taxes to various charitys throughout the year. I donate to United Way through my paycheck, my property taxes should NOT be used for the purpose of charitable contributions.
Another example of the government spending money not theirs for private purposes. Disgusting.
Socialism. Money should not be taken through taxes to pass through the hands of a greedy government to be passed out at their discretion. “Welfare” by another name is “welfare” just the same.
I AM SO HAPPY FOR THIS FAMILY, I SEE THE HUSBAND OUT EVERY DAY WORKING ON THE HOME . IT LOOKS BETTER THAN IT LOOKED BEFORE, KEEP UP THE HARD WORK.
I agree with Wise Up, $53,750 per home if 8 homes are being renovated and a contractor got the renovation for $12,698 for the one home. Where does the $41,052 go that wasn’t used on the one home?
I believe a governmental WPA grant after WWII is what put some people back to work and built several of our area’s small community schools that we still use today.
Congrats Century on showing the initiative to apply for and be awarded a grant that was going to be given to someone-regardless of how we feel on its worthiness. Believe it or not, once money has been designated for a grant, its pretty hard to give back. Glad it was us!
Sounds like welfare to me. I bet it was all politics as to who got the money too.
$430,000 worth of renovations for 8 homes = $53,750 per low/moderate income home. These sums of money would be excessive even for a high income home. Thank you Town of Century for once again proving your wasteful spending habit.